Balgarianovinite.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday, Vucic’s press service reported. Topics such as European integration, economic cooperation and energy cooperation will be on the agenda.
Zelenskyy arrived in Belgrade on Friday night and had dinner with his Serbian counterpart. This is his first official visit to the Serbian capital since taking office as President of Ukraine.
In response to a reporter’s question, Zelenskyy said: “We have several important topics to discuss. One is Ukraine’s and Serbia’s path towards Europe, as we are in a similar situation and face the same or similar challenges on our European journey. I believe we will discuss how we can help one another on this matter and, if possible, learn from one another.”
The second matter is bilateral economic cooperation, and the third is energy cooperation between Serbia and Ukraine. Vucic emphasized that, apart from these, all other topics are open for discussion.
When asked whether Zelenskyy’s visit means that Serbia will join the sanctions against Russia, Vucic said that Serbia had already established its policy on sanctions almost five years ago and that this would not change until further notice.
The two presidents last spoke mid-July in Kyiv during the Ukraine–South-East Europe summit. At that time, Vucic reported that he was the only participant at the summit who had not signed the joint declaration on continued political, military and financial support for Ukraine and on stepping up pressure on Russia. The document, amongst other things, accuses Russia of illegal, unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Ukraine and calls for an immediate end to the war, as well as the complete and unconditional withdrawal of troops and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine.
Although it is a candidate for membership of the European Union, Serbia has not opened a single new chapter in the accession negotiations for nearly five years.
Two months after the opening of the next chapter in the accession negotiations, the war in Ukraine broke out, and Serbia failed to align its foreign policy with that of the European Union and did not impose sanctions on Russia. This was the key reason for the stalemate in the accession negotiations at that time, while the rule of law in the country deteriorated, as reported by the Serbian service of Radio Free Europe.
Ukraine’s former deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Taras Kachka to whom Zelenskyy recently offered the post of head of Ukraine’s mission to the European Union, visited Belgrade in late May and discussed with Vucic the strengthening of economic cooperation and the continuation of negotiations on a free trade agreement.
A day before Kachka’s meeting with Vucic, the Serbian President spoke over the phone his Ukrainian counterpart. Following the conversation, he stated that Serbia and Ukraine are committed to improving relations through dialogue. Both countries are candidates for membership of the European Union. Presidents of Serbia and Ukraine to Conduct Official Meeting in Belgrade on Saturday 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-08 07:12:11 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law